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Pivotal WAC Clash Sees NM State, Grand Canyon Battle in Pan American Center
Game Twenty
NM State (16-3, 6-1 WAC) vs. Grand Canyon (14-4, 5-2 WAC)
Saturday, Jan. 29 | 7:00 p.m. | Las Cruces, N.M. | Pan American Center
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THE OPENING TIP
• Two of the top four teams in the WAC standings are set to cross paths inside the Pan American Center Saturday night as NM State hosts defending league champion Grand Canyon for the first time since 2020.
• Tip-off in the 21st all-time meeting between the Aggies and Lopes is set for 7:00 p.m. The contest will be televised regionally on Comcast New Mexico as well as on tape-delay on Bally Sports Arizona. ESPN+ and the ESPN app are set to carry each and every second of the clash nationwide as well.
• The play-by-play and analysis combo of Adam Young and former NM State player Joe Garza are set to narrate the action on all television and video streaming platforms. Over the airwaves, legendary radio play-by-play man Jack Nixon will set up shop courtside to call the action.
• Nixon's play-by-play and analysis can be heard on 99.5 Zia Country FM in Las Cruces, N.M., and nationwide on The Varsity Network app.
• Affiliate stations of the Aggie Sports Network can be tuned in to in Artesia, N.M. (990 AM), Carlsbad, N.M. (1240 AM), Gallup, N.M. (94.9 FM), Alamogordo, N.M. (103.7 FM) and El Paso, Texas (1380 AM). All of those stations will also carry Nixon's commentary of Saturday night's tilt.
• Billed as the NM State's White Out Game, the first 1,000 fans in attendance Saturday night will get their hands on a free NM State whiteout t-shirt.
• NM State's coaching staff will be sporting sneakers instead of dress shoes on the sidelines for Saturday night's showdown. As part of Suits and Sneakers week across college basketball, head coach Chris Jans and company will lace up sneakers as part of the annual Coaches vs. Cancer series. Coaches vs. Cancer is a collaboration between the American Cancer Society and the NABC that empowers coaches and communities to join the fight against cancer.